Orders of the Day, November 29, 1944 - April 15, 1945 and more
Order of the Day, November 29, 1944
Order of the Day, addressed to Marshal Tolbukhin, announces that troops
of the Third Ukrainian Front, having gone over to the offensive, have
forced the Danube north of the River Drava, broken through the enemy
defences on the western bank of the Danube and, advancing to a depth of
about 40 kilometres, widened their breakthrough up to 150 kilometres
along the front.
During the offensive, troops of the front on the territory of Hungaria,
captured the towns and large communications junctions of Pecs,
Ba-taszek and Mohacs, and captured in fighting more than 330 other
populated places.
The Order mentions 49 commanders of troops, the Yugoslav Corps,
artillerymen, tankmen, airmen, sappers and signallers whose units and
formations have distinguished themselves.
A salute of 20 salvoes was fired from 224 Moscow guns.
("Soviet War News Weekly," No.151)
Order of the Day, November 30, 1944
Order of the Day, addressed to Marshal Mal-inovsky and Col.-Gen.
Zakharov, announces that troops of the Second Ukrainian Front,
continuing their offensive, on November 30, captured the towns of Eger
and Szikszo, district: centres of Hungary, large communications
junctions and important strongpoints in the enemy defences.
The Order mentions 21 commanders of troops, artillerymen, tankmen,
airmen, sappers and signallers whose units and formations have
distinguished themselves.
A salute of 12 salvoes was fired from 124 Moscow guns.
("Soviet War News Weekly," No.151)
Order of the Day, December 2, 1944
Order of the day,addresed to Marshal Tol-bukhin and Lt.-Gen. Ivanov,
announces that, developing their offensive, troops of the Third
Ukrainian Front in two days captured the regional and district centres
of Hungary - the towns of Szekszard, Kaposvar, Paks, Bonyhad and
Dombovar - large communications junctions and important strongpoints of
the enemy defences, and also captured in fighting more than 300 other
populated places.
The Order mentions 30 commanders of troops, artillerymen, units and
ships of the Danube Naval Flotilla, tankmen, airmen, sappers and
signallers whose units and formations have distinguished themselves.
A salute of 20 salvoes was fired from 224 Moscow guns.
("Soviet War News Weekly," No.151)
Order of the Day, December 3, 1944
Order of the Day, addressed to Army-Gen. Petrov and Lt.-Gen.
Korzhenevich, announces that troops of the Fourth Ukrainian Front in
coordination with troops of the Second Ukrainian Front on December 3,
carried by storm the town of Satoralja Ujhely, regional centre of
Hungary, important communications junction and strongpoi-nt of the
enemy defences.
The Order mentions 35 commanders of troops, artillerymen, tankmen,
airmen, sappers and signallers whose units and formations have
distinguished themselves.
("Soviet War News Weekly," No.151)
Order of the Day, December 3, 1944
Order of the Day,addressed to Marshal Mal-inovsky and Col.-Gen.
Zakharov, announces that troops of the Second Ukrainian Front as a
result of stubborn fighting, on December 3, carried by storm the town
of Miscolkz - large communications junction and powerful strongpoint of
the enemy defences, a vital centre of war production in Hungary,
supplying the German and Hungarian armies.
The Order mentions 39 commanders of troops, artillerymen, tankmen,
airmen, sappers and signallers whose units and formations have
distinguished themselves.
A salute of 20 salvoes was fired from 224 Moscow guns.
("Soviet War News Weekly," No.151)
Order of the Day, December 9, 1944
Issued by Marshal Stalin and addressed to the
Commander of the troops of the Second Ukranian Front, Marshal
Malinovsky, and the Chief of Staff of the Front, Col.-Gen. Zakharov
Troops of the Second Ukrainian Front, having pierced the strongly
fortified enemy defences north-east of Budapest, widened the
breakthrough to 120 kilometres along the front and, advancing to a
depth of 60 kilometres, reached the River Danube, north of Budapest.
At the same time troops of the Front south of Budapest forced the
Danube, pierced the enemy defences on the western bank of the river,
and at Lake Velencze joined up with our troops advancing along the
western bank of the Danube towards the north.
During offensive engagements troops of the Front captured the important
strongpoints of the enemy defence, the towns of Balassagyarmat,No-grad,
Vacz, Aszod and Ercsi, and more than 150 other populated places.
In the fighting for the piercing of the enemy defence and the forcing
of the Danube, distinction was won by troops commanded by Col.-Gen.
Shumilov, Maj.-Gen. Lukin, Lt.-Gen.Shlemin, Maj.-Gen. Birman, Lt.-Gen.
Managarov, Maj.-Gen. Yakovlev, Lt.-Gen. Safiulin, Maj.-Gen. Alekhin,
Maj.-Gen. Lazko, Maj.-Gen. Gigorovich, Maj.-Gen. Kolchuk, Maj.-Gen.
Kruze, Maj.-Gen. Terentyev, Maj.-Gen. Preobrazhensky, Maj.-Gen.
Fedorovsky, Maj.-Gen. Smirnov, Col. Vassilevsky, Col. Korkin, Col.
Batluk, Maj.-Gen. Molozhayev, Maj.-Gen. Li-lenkov, Col. Voloshin,
Maj.-Gen. Sarayev, Col. Dunayev, Maj.-Gen. Karamyshev, Col. Orlov, Maj.
Gen. Losev and Maj.-Gen. Zdanovich.
Artillerymen commanded by Col.-Gen. of Artillery Formin, Maj.-Gen. of
Artillery Shmakov, Maj.-Gen. of Artillery Petrov, Maj.-Gen. of
Artillery Alexeyenko, Maj.-Gen. of Artillery Zykov, Maj.-Gen. of
Artillery Gusarov, Maj.-Gen. of Artillery Ivanov, Maj.-Gen.of Artillery
Bobrovnikov, Maj.-Gen. of Artillery Popovich, Col. Gushkin, Col.
Nekrasov, Col. Rodin, Lt.-Col. Lyubimov, Col. Sapozhnikov, Lt.-Col.
Kazak, Lt.-Col. Denis-enkov, Lt.-Col. Tronev and Lt.-Col. Kisly.
Tankmen commanded by Col.-Gen. of Tank Troops Kurkin, Col.-Gen. of Tank
Troops Krav-chenko, Maj.-Gen. of Tank Troops Stromberg,Lt.-Gen. of Tank
Troops Volkov, Maj.-Gen. of Tank Troops Savelyev, Lt.-Gen. of Tank
Troops Zhdanov and Col. Brizhinev.
Cavalry commanded by Lt.-Gen. Pliyev, Maj.-Gen. Pichugin, Maj.-Gen.
Kjuts, Maj.-Gen. Golovsky, Maj.-Gen. Pavlov, Maj.-Gen. Khrustal-ov,
Maj.-Gen. Belousov, Col. Gagua, Col. Niki-forov and Col. Bliznyuk.
Airmen commanded by Col.-Gen. of Aviation Goryunov, Lt.-Gen. of
Aviation Seleznev,Lt.-Gen. of Aviation Kamanin, Maj.-Gen. of Aviation
Prostoserdov, Col. Chenpalov, Col. Romanov and Maj. Sushko.
Sappers commanded by Lt.-Gen. of Engineering Troops Tsirlin, Maj.-Gen.
of Engineering Troops Plyaskin, Maj.-Gen. of Engineering Troops
Ignatov, Maj.-Gen. of Engineering Troops Tupi-chev, Maj.-Gen. of
Engineering Troops Tyulev, Col. Tsepenyuk, Col. Kovalenko, Col. Isayev,
Col. Myasnikov, Col. Kalinichenko, Col. Massonov and Lt.-Col. Anzaurov.
Signallers commanded by Lt.-Gen. of Signal Troops Leonov, Lt.-Col.
Grachev, Col. Egorov, Col. Makarenko, Col. Shervud, Maj. Shishelov and
Col. of State Security Karpov.
To commemorate the victory, the units and formations whi^h particularly
distinguished themselves in the lighting for the piercing of the enemy
defence and the forcing of the Danube will be recommended for the award
of orders.
Today, December 9, at 20.00 hours (Moscow time), the capital of our
Motherland, Moscow, in the name of the Motherland, will salute with 20
artillery salvoes from 224 guns our gallant troops of the Second
Ukrainian Front which pierced the enemy defence and forced the Danube.
For excellent military operations I express my thanks to all the troops
under your command which took part in the fighting for the piercing of
the enemy defence and the forcing of the Danube. Eternal glory to the
heroes who fell in the struggle for the freedom and independence of our
Motherland! Death to the German invaders!
J. Stalin
Marshal of the Soviet Union,
Supreme Commander-in-Chief
("Soviet War News Weekly," No.152)
Order of the Day, December 24, 1944
Issued by Marshal Stalin and addressed to the
Commander of the troops of the Third Ukranian Front, Marshal Tollukhin,
and the Chief of Staff of the Front, Lt.-Gen. Ivanov
Troops of the Third Ukrainian Front, breaking through the strongly
fortified enemy defences south-west of Budapest, in three days
offensive operations have advanced up to 40 kilometres.
During the offensive, the troops of the front captured by storm the
towns of Szekesfejer-var and Bicske - large centres of communications
and important strongpoints in the enemy defences - thus cutting the
main paths of retreat to the west for the Budapest grouping of German
and Hungarian troops.
In the fighting during the breakthrough of the enemy defences and for
the liberation of the towns of Szekesfejervar and Bicske, distinction
was won by troops commanded by Army-Gen. Za-kharov, Lt.-Gen. Shlemin,
Maj.-Gen. Derevyanko, Maj.-Gen. Birman, Maj.-Gen. Biryukov, Maj.-Gen.
Bobruk, Maj.-Gen. Gnedin, Lt.-Gen. Rubanyuk, Maj.-Gen. Kolchuk,
Maj.-Gen. Grigorovich, Maj.-Gen. Afonin, Col. Chizhov, Col. Drychkin,
Col. Bransburg, Col. Parfenov, Col. Kuska, Maj.-Gen. Gorbachev,
Maj.-Gen. Bunyashin, Maj.-Gen. Tsvet-kov, Maj.-Gen. Margelov, Maj.-Gen.
Kindyukhin, Col. Baldynov, Col. Burik, Col. Dunayev, Maj.-Gen.
Karamyshev and Maj.-Gen. Sarayev.
Artillerymen commanded by Col.-Gen. of Artillery Nedelin, Maj.-Gen. of
Artillery Tsikalo, Maj.-Gen. of Artillery Alexeyenko, Lt.-Gen. of
Artillery Voznyuk, Maj.-Gen. of Artillery Ratov, Maj.-Gen. of Artillery
Bobrovnikov, Col. Mikhail-ov, Col. Trekhnov, Col. Slepakov, Col.
Lupakov, Col. Borisenko, Col. Tarasenko, Col. Romanov, Col.
Grazhdankin, Col. Leonov, Lt.-Col. Korovin, Lt.-Col. Oleinik and
Lt.-Col. Chepurin.
Tankmen commanded by Lt.-Gen. of Tank Troops Sukhoruchkin, Col.
Rumantsyev, Lt.-Gen. Sviridov, Maj.-Gen. Goverunenko, Col. Ognev,
Lt.-Gen. Gordeyev, Lt.-Col. Rogachev and Lt.-Col. Gayevsky.
Airmen commanded by Col.-Gen. of Aviation Sudets, Maj.-Gen. of Aviation
Korsakov, Lt.-Gen. of Aviation Tolstikov, Col. Ivanov, Col. Sm-irnov,
Maj.-Gen. of Aviation Tishchenko and Col. Terekhov.
Sappers commanded by Col.-Gen. of Engineering Troops Kotlyar, Maj.-Gen. of Engineering Troops Ignatov and Col. Pavlov.
Signallers commanded by Lt.-Gen. of Signal Troops Korolev, Maj.-Gen. of Aviation Morozov, Col. Yegorov and Col. Katkov.
To commemorate the victory, the units and formations which particularly
distinguished themselves in the fighting during the breakthrough of the
enemy defences and for the liberation of the towns of Szekesfejervar
and Bicske will be recommended for the award of orders.
Today, December 24, at 20.00 hours (Moscow time), the capital of our
Motherland, Moscow, in the name of the Motherland, will salute with 20
artillery salvoes from 224 guns the gallant troops of the Third
Ukrainian Front .who broke through the enemy defences and liberated the
towns of Szekesfejervar and Bicske.
For excellent military operations I express my thanks to all the troops
under your command which took part in the fighting for the breaking
through of the enemy defences and the liberation of the towns of
Szekesfejervar and Bicske.
Eternal glory to the heroes who fell in the fighting for the freedom and independence of our Motherland!
Death to the German invaders!
J. Stalin
Marshal of the Soviet Union,
Supreme Commander-in-Chief
("Soviet War News Weekly," No.154)
January, 1945
To Dr. Hewlett Johnson, Chairman of Joint Committee for Soviet Aid,
London. I thank you, Dr. Johnson, and the members of your Committee,
for the
warm congratulations and greetings on the occasion of my birthday.
J. Stalin
To Mr. Maclean (Chairman) and Mr. Coates (Secretary), Anglo-Russian
Parliamentary Committee, London. I thank you, Mr. Maclean and Mr.
Coates, and the Anglo-Russian
Parliamentary Committee, for the greetings on the occasion of my
birthday.
J. Stalin
("Soviet War News Weekly," No.156)
Order of the Day, No. 223,
January 17, 1945
Addressed to the Commander of the Troops of the 1st Byelorussian Front,
Marshal Zhukov, and to the Chief of Staff of the Front, Col.-Gen.
Malinin
Troops of the 1st Byelorussian Front, having effected a swift
outflanking manœuvre west of Warsaw, captured the town of Zirardow, cut
the roads to Sochaczow, forced the Vistula north of Warsaw and thus,
having cut off Warsaw from the west, to-day, January 17, by a combined
blow from north, west and south, captured the capital of our Ally
Poland, the City of Warsaw-most important. strategic centre of the
German defence on the River Vistula, In the fighting for the capture of
the City of Warsaw, distinction was won by troops commanded by
Maj.-Gen. Perkhorovich, Col.-Gen. Belov, Lieut.-Gen. Poplawski of the
1st Polish Army, Lieut.-Gen. Klubnyanchenko, Maj.-Gen. Strazhevski,
Lieut.-Gen. Pulko-Dmitriev, Maj.-Gen. Andreyev, Maj.-Gen. Anashkin,
Maj.-Gen. Pozdnyak, Maj.-Gen. Chernov, Col. Vadrigan, Maj.-Gen. Zaikin,
Col. Solovyev, Col. Pavlovsky, Col. Muzykin, Maj.-Gen. Rotkovich, Col.
Sheipak, Maj.-Gen. Bovzyuk, Col. Zaikovsky, Maj.-Gen. Kinovich and Col.
Radzivanovich; Artillerymen commanded by Lieut.-Gen. of Artillery
Kozin, Maj.-Gen. of Artillery Modzilevsky, Maj.-Gen. of Artillery
Platsky, Col. Blonsky, Col. Vikentyev, Col. Skokovsky, Col.
Belikhovsky, Col. Kerp, Col. Prokopovich, Col. Grekhov, Maj.-Gen. of
Artillery Lyarsky, Col. Kolokolov, Col. Yalovatsky, Col. Yurgelevich,
Col. Vashichev, Lieut.-Col. Mukhachev, Maj. Popovich, Lieut.-Col.
Vasilchev and Lieut.-Col. Mikhailovsky; Tankmen commanded by Col.-Gen.
of Tank Troops Bogdanov, Lieut.-Gen. Radzievsky, Maj.-Gen. of Tank
Troops Vedeneyev, Maj.-Gen of Tank Troops Telyakov, Lieut.-Gen. of Tank
Troops Krivoshein, Maj.-Gen. of Tank Troops Kretov, Lieut.-Col.
Beloborodov, Lieut.-Col. Korost, Col. Yeremeyev, Col. Malyutin and
Lieut.-Col. Tsurychkin; Airmen commanded by Col.-Gen. ofAviation
Rudenko, Lieut.-Gen. ofAviation Brayko, Lieut.-Gen. of Aviation
Savitsky, Maj.-Gen. of Aviation Karavatsky, Maj.-Gen. of Aviation
Dzusov, Maj.-Gen. of Aviation Tokarev, Col. Timofeyev, Col. Belousov,
Col. Sukhoryabov, Maj.-Gen. of Aviation Komarov, Col. Rasskazov,
Lieut.-Col. Nakonechnik, Col. Sitkin, Col. Buzylev, Col. Berkal, Col.
Ivanov, Col. Romeyko, Lieut.-Col. Sherstyuk and Lieut.-Col.
Gavrilchenko; Sappers commanded by Maj.-Gen. of Engineering Troops
Komarov, Maj.-Gen. of Engineering Troops Bordzilovsky, Col. Belsky,
Col. Kiselev, Col. Lyubansky, Col. Puzeretsky and Lieut.-Col.
Khovratovich ; and Signallers commanded by Col. Solovyev, Col. Suchek,
Col. Zarudsky, Col. Smoli, Lieut.-Col. Vakish and Lieut.-Col.
Stupachenko.
To commemorate the victory, the units and formations which particularly
distinguished themselves in the fighting for the capture of the City of
Warsaw will be recommended for conferment of the name “Warsaw” and
award of Orders.
To-day, January 17, at 19 hours (Moscow time), the capital of our
Motherland, Moscow, in the name of the Motherland, will salute with 24
salvoes from 324 guns our gallant troops of the 1st Byelorussian Front,
including troops of the 1st Polish Army, which captured the capital of
Poland, Warsaw.
For excellent military operations I express my thanks to all the troops
under your Command, including the troops of the 1st Polish Army, which
took part in the fighting for the liberation of Warsaw.
Eternal glory
to the heroes who fell in the struggle for the freedom and independence
of our Motherland and our Ally Poland!
Death to the German invaders!
J. Stalin
Supreme Commander-in-Chief
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Moscow
("Soviet War Speeches, etc." p. 117)
Order of the Day, No. 277,
February 13, 1945
Addressed to the Commander of the Troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front,
Marshal Malinovsky, and to the Chief of Staff of the Front,
Colonel-General Zakharov; and to the Commander of the Troops of the 3rd
Ukrainian Front, Marshal Tolbukhin, and to the Chief of Staff of the
Front, Lieutenant-General Ivanov.
Troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front, assisted by troops of the 3rd
Ukrainian Front, after one and a half month’s siege and stubborn
fighting under the difficult conditions of a large city, to-day,
February 13, completed the rout of the encircled enemy grouping in
Budapest, and so completely captured the capital of Hungary, the city
of Budapest, a strategically important German defence centre on the
roads to Vienna.
During the fighting in the city of Budapest troops of the 2nd Ukrainian
Front took prisoner more than 110,000 enemy officers and men, headed by
the German commander of the Budapest troop grouping, Col.-Gen. Pfeffer
Wildenbruch, and his staff; they also seized a large quantity of arms
and various military supplies.
In the fighting for the capture of Budapest distinction was won by
troops commanded by Maj.-Gen. Afonin, Lieut.-Gen. Managarov, Col.-Gen.
Shumilov, Lieut.-Gen. Shlemin, Army-Gen. Zakharov, Maj.-Gen.
Filippovsky, Maj.-Gen. Lukin, Maj.-Gen. Birman, Maj.Gen. Derevyanko,
Maj.-Gen. Kolchuk, Maj.-Gen. Akimenko, Maj.-Gen. Lazko, Lieut.-Gen.
Rubanyuk, Maj.-Gen. Grigorovich, Maj.-Gen. Biryukov, Lieut.-Gen.
Fomenko, Maj.-Gen. Bobruk, Lieut.-Gen. Petrushevsky, Lieut.-Gen.
Gorshkov, Lieut.-Gen. Vostrukhov, Maj.-Gen. Sosedov, Col.
Kovtun-Stankevich, Col. Peremanov, Col. Chebotarev, Col. Burik, Col.
Zhashko, Maj.-Gen. Frolov, Col. Gushchin, Maj.-Gen. Nekrasov, Col.
Baldynov, Maj.-Gen. Lilenkov, Col. Batluk, Maj.-Gen. Podshivalov, Col.
Dunayev, Col. Smirnov, Col. Gorobets, Maj.-Gen. Karamyshev, Maj.-Gen.
Afonin, Col. Drychkin, Maj.-Gen. Tsvetkov, Col. Moshlyak, Col. Kuks,
Col, Parfenov, Col, Bransburg, Col. Derziyan, Maj.-Gen, Bunyashin, Col.
Chizhov, Col. Sergeyev, Col. Naidishev, Maj.-Gen. Sokolovsky, Maj.-Gen.
Margelov and Col. Lirov; Artillerymen commanded by Col.-Gen. of
Artillery Fomin, Maj.-Gen. of Artillery Shmakov, Maj.-Gen. of Artillery
Kotikov, Col.-Gen. of Artillery Nedelin, Lieut.-Gen. of Artillery
Voznyuk, Lieut.-Gen. of Artillery Petrov, Maj.-Gen. of Artillery
Alexeyenko, Maj.-Gen. of Artillery Tsikalo, Maj.-Gen. of Artillery
Gusarov, Maj.-Gen. of Artillery Ivanov, Col. Vorobyev, Col. Novikov,
Col. Ponomarov, Col. Trekhnov, Col. Adamchik, Col. Strok, Engineer-Col.
Brovarnik, Col. Mironov, Col. Koroteyev, Col. Kryzhevich, Col. Sedash,
Col. Pastukh, Col. Bogushevich, Col. Lupakov, Col. Gushchin, Col.
Rodin, Col. Motov, Col. Komarov, Maj.-Gen. of Artillery Ratov,
Maj.-Gen. of Artillery Bobrobnikov, Col. Solovyev, Col. Grishchenko,
Col. Leonov, Maj.Gen. of Artillery Danshin, Col. Rashitsky, Col.
Gotsak, Col. Salansky, Col. Lupakov, Lieut.-Col. Popolzukhin,
Lieut.-Col. Matyukha, Lieut.-Col. Tarasenko, Lieut.-Col. Pavlik,
Lieut.-Col. Kozyarenko, Lieut.-Col. Breyev, Maj. Borodin, Lieut.-Col.
Tronev, Lieut.-Col. Samchenko, Lieut.-Col. Prokhorov, Lieut.-Col.
Borodko, Lieut.Col. Shpek and Maj. Voronov; Tankmen commanded by
Col.-Gen. of Tank Troops Kurkin, Lieut.-Gen. of Tank Troops Akhmanov,
Lieut.-Gen. Sviridov, Lieut.-Gen. Russiyanov, Maj.Gen. of Tank Troops
Govorunenko, Maj.-Gen. of Tank Troops Katkov, Col. Rumyantsev, Col.
Tyaglov, Maj. Apolovnin, Senior Lieut. Grigoryev, Capt. Lapin and Capt.
Kutuzov; Airmen commanded by Col.-Gen. of Aviation Goryunov, Col.-Gen.
of Aviation Sudets, Lieut.-Gen. of Aviation Seleznev, Maj.-Gen. of
Aviation Korsakov, Lieut.-Gen. of Aviation Stepichev, Lieut.-Gen. of
Aviation Podgorny, Maj.-Gen. of Aviation Kamanin, Lieut.-Gen. of
Aviation Tolstikov, Lieut.-Gen. of Aviation Tupikov, Lieut.-Gen. of
Aviation Loginov, Lieut.-Gen. of Aviation Shchetchikov, Maj.-Gen. of
Aviation Lededev, Maj.-Gen. of Aviation Belitsky, Maj.-Gen. of Aviation
Tishchenko, Col. Romanov, Col. Chanpalov, Col. Shuteyev, Col.
Chizhikov, Col. Saprykin, Col. Semenenko, Col. Yudakov, Col. Tarenenko,
Col. Geibo, Col. Terekhov, Col. Ivanov, Col. Nedosekin, Col. Dementyev,
Col. Smirnov and Lieut.-Col. Shatilin ; Sappers commanded by
Lieut.-Gen. of Engineering Troops Tsirlin, Col.-Gen. of Engineering
Troops Kotlyar, Maj.-Gen. of Engineering Troops Plyaskin, Maj.-Gen. of
Engineering Troops Ignatov, Maj.-Gen. of Engineering Troops Vasilyev,
Maj.-Gen. of Technical Troops Kosenko, Col. Malov, Maj.-Gen. of
Engineering Troops Tyulev, Col. Kovalenko, Col. Pavlov, Col. Nasonov,
Col. Zagrebin, Col. Baburin, Col. Kalinichenko, Col. Nominas,
Lieut.-Col. Fominykh, Lieut.-Col. Sheludko, Lieut.-Col. Yagodin, Maj.
Markov, Engineer Maj. Dyukov, Lieut.-Col. Anzaurov, Maj. Fomenko,
Engineer Lieut.-Col. Ragozin and Lieut.-Col. Korneyev; Signallers
commanded by Lieut.-Gen. of Signals Troops Leonov, Lieut.-Gen. of
Signals Troops Korolev, Col. Borisenko, Maj.-Gen. of Aviation Morozov,
Lieut.-Col. Reva, Lieut.-Col. Zhits, Lieut.-Col. Agupov, Maj. Tolsty,
Col. of State Security Karpov, Col. Yegorov and Col. Kotkov; and by
units and ships of the Danube Naval Flotilla commanded by Rear-Admiral
Kholostyakov and Captain of the 2nd Rank Derzhavin.
To commemorate the victory, the units and formations which particularly
distinguished themselves in the fighting for the capture of the city of
Budapest will be recommended for conferment of the name “Budapest” and
for award of Orders.
To-day, February 13, at 21.00 hours (Moscow time), the capital of our
Motherland, Moscow, in the name of the Motherland, will salute with 24
artillery salvoes from 324 guns the gallant troops of the 2nd and 3rd
Ukrainian Fronts which captured the capital of Hungary, the city of
Budapest.
For excellent military operations I express my thanks to all the troops
under your command which took part in the fighting for the capture of
Budapest.
Eternal glory to the heroes who fell in the fighting for the freedom and independence of our Motherland!
Death to the German invaders!
J. Stalin
Supreme Commander-in-Chief
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Moscow
("Soviet War Speeches, etc." p. 119)
Order of the Day, No. 5, February 23, 1945
Comrades, Red Army men and Red Navy men, sergeants, officers and
generals! To-day we are celebrating the 27th Anniversary of the Red
Army’s existence.
Created by the great Lenin to defend our Motherland from the attack of
foreign invaders, and reared by the Bolshevik Party, the Red Army has
traversed a glorious path in its development. It has fulfilled with
credit its historic destiny and is rightfully the beloved child of the
Soviet people. In the years of civil war the Red Army defended the
young Soviet State from numerous enemies. In the great battles of the
Patriotic War against German invasion the Red Army has saved the
peoples of the Soviet Union from German-fascist slavery, upheld the
freedom and independence of our Motherland, and helped the peoples of
Europe to cast off the German yoke.
Now we are celebrating the 27th Anniversary of the Red Army in the
midst of fresh historic victories over the enemy. The Red Army has not
only freed its native land of the Hitlerite filth, but also hurled the
enemy for many hundreds of kilometres back beyond those lines from
which the Germans launched their bandit attack upon our country,
carried the war into Germany’s territory and now, together with the
armies of our Allies, is successfully completing the rout of the
German-fascist army.
In January of this year the Red Army brought down upon the enemy a blow
of unparalleled force along the entire front from the Baltic to the
Carpathians. On a stretch of 1,200 kilometres (750 miles), it broke up
the powerful defences of the Germans which they had been building for a
number of years. In the course of the offensive the Red Army by its
swift and skilful actions has hurled the enemy far back to the West. In
stiff fighting the Soviet troops have advanced from the frontiers of
East Prussia to the lower reaches of the Vistula—270 kilometres (175
miles), from the Vistula bridgehead south of Warsaw to the lower
reaches of the Oder—570 kilometres (355 miles), and from the Sandomir
bridgehead into the depth of German Silesia—480 kilometres (300 miles).
The first consequence of the successes of our winter offensive was that
they thwarted the Germans’ winter offensive in the west, which aimed at
the seizure of Belgium and Alsace, and enabled the armies of our Allies
in their turn to launch an offensive against the Germans and thus link
up their offensive operations in the west with the offensive operations
of the Red Army in the east.
In forty days of the offensive in January-February, 1945, our troops
have ejected the Germans from 300 towns, captured about 100 war plants,
manufacturing tanks, aircraft, armaments and ammunition, occupied over
2,400 railway stations and seized a network of railways totalling over
15,000 kilometres (9,375 miles) in length. Within this short period
Germany has lost over 350,000 officers and men in prisoners of war and
not less than 800,000 in killed. During the same period the Red Army
has destroyed or seized about 3,000 German aircraft, over 4,500 tanks
and self-propelled guns and not less than 12,000 guns.
As a result, the Red Army has completely liberated Poland and a
considerable part of the territory of Czechoslovakia, occupied Budapest
and put out of the war Germany’s last ally in Europe, Hungary, captured
the greater part of East Prussia and German Silesia and battled its way
into Brandenburg, into Pomerania, to the approaches to Berlin.
The Hitlerites boasted that for more than a hundred years not a single
enemy soldier had been within Germany’s borders, and that the German
army had fought and would fight only on foreign soil. Now an end has
been put to this German bragging.
Our winter offensive has shown that the Red Army finds more and more
strength for the solution of ever more complex and difficult problems.
Its glorious soldiers have learned to batter and annihilate the enemy
in accordance with all the rules of modern military science. Our
soldiers, inspired by the realization of their great mission of
liberation, display miracles of heroism and selflessness, and ably
combine gallantry and audacity in battle with full utilization of the
power and strength of their weapons. The Red Army generals and officers
in masterly manner combine massed blows of powerful equipment with
skilful and swift manœuvre. In the fourth year of the war the Red Army
has grown stronger and mightier than ever before, its combat equipment
has become still more perfect and its fighting mastery many times
higher.
Comrades, Red Army men and Red Navy men, sergeants, officers and generals!
Complete victory over the Germans is now already near. But victory
never comes of itself—it is won in hard battles and in persistent
labour. The doomed enemy hurls his last forces into action, resists
desperately in order to escape stern retribution. He grasps and will
grasp at the most extreme and base means of struggle. Therefore it
should be borne in mind that the nearer our victory, the higher must be
our vigilance and the heavier must be our blows at the enemy.
On behalf of the Soviet Government and our glorious Bolshevik Party, I
greet and congratulate you upon the 27th Anniversary of the Red Army!
To mark the great victories achieved by the armed forces of the Soviet State in the course of the past year, I order:
To-day, February 23, on the day of the 27th Anniversary of the Red
Army, at 20.00 hours (Moscow time) a salute of 20 artillery salvoes
shall be fired in Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Petrozavodsk,
Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Kishinev, Tbilisi, Stalingrad, Sevastopol,
Odessa and Lvov.
Long live our glorious Red Army Long live our victorious Navy!
Long live our mighty Soviet Motherland!
Eternal glory to the heroes who fell in the struggle for the freedom and independence of our Motherland!
Death to the German invaders!
J. Stalin
Supreme Commander-in-Chief
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Moscow
("Soviet War Speeches, etc." p. 121)
Reply to the message from Groza and Tatarescu
March 29, 1945
To the President of the Ministers Council of Rumania, Peter Groza
Copy for the Vice-President of the Ministers Council and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, G. Tatarescu
Mr. President,
The Soviet Government has examined the demand of the Rumanian
Government stated in your letter of March 8, concerning the
establishment of Rumanian administration in the territory of
Transylvania.
Taking into account that the new Rumanian Government, which now ensures
the management of the country, takes upon itself the responsibility for
necessary order and peace in the territory of Transylvania and the
satisfaction of the rights of nationalities, as well as the conditions
for the correct working of all local institutions serving the needs of
the Front, the Soviet Government has decided to satisfy the request of
the Rumanian Government and, conforming to the Agreement on the
Armistice of September 12, 1944, to consent to the establishment of the
administration of the Rumanian Government in Transylvania.
J. Stalin
President of the Council of Commissaries of the People
("Pravda", 10 March, 1945)
Order of the Day, No. 334,
April 13, 1945
Addressed to the Commander of the Troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front,
Marshal Tolbukhin, and to the Chief of Staff of the Front,
Lieutenant-General Ivanov
Troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, with the support of troops of the
2nd Ukrainian Front, after stiff street-fighting to-day, April 13,
captured the capital of Austria, the city of Vienna, a strategically
important centre of the German defences covering the routes to the
southern areas of Germany.
During the course of the fighting for the approaches to Vienna and for
the city of Vienna, from March 16 to April 13, the troops of the Front
routed 11 German Tank Divisions, including the 6th S.S. Tank army, took
prisoner more than 130,000 enemy officers and men, and destroyed or
captured 1,345 tanks and self-propelled guns, 2,250 field-guns and much
other military equipment.
In the fighting for the capture of the city of Vienna distinction was
won by troops commanded by Col.-Gen. Glagolev, Lieut.-Gen. Zakhvatayev,
Lieut.-Gen. Petrushevsky, Lieut.-Gen. Tikhonov, Lieut.-Gen. Utvenko,
Lieut.-Gen. Mironov, Lieut.-Gen, Bakhtin, Lieut.-Gen. Rubanyuk,
Maj.-Gen. Dereyanko, Maj.-Gen. Rozhdstvensky, Maj.-Gen. Biryukov,
Maj.-Gen. Kozak, Maj.-Gen. Bobruk, Maj.-Gen. Shkodunovich, Maj.-Gen.
Afonin, Maj.Gen. Tsvetkov, Maj.-Gen. Panchenko, Maj.-Gen. Dznakhua,
Maj.Gen. Makarenko, Maj.-Gen., Bogdanov, Maj.-Gen. Denissenko,
Maj.-Gen. Afonin, Col. Drychkin, Col. Chizhov, Col. Kuks, Col.
Bransburg and Col. Vindushev; Ships and units of the Red Banner Danube
Flotilla commanded by Rear-Admiral Kholostyakov, Lieut.-Capt. Barbotko
and Lieut.-Capt. Veliki; Artillerymen commanded by Col.-Gen. of
Artillery Nedelin, Lieut.-Gen. of Artillery Voznyuk, Lieut.-Gen. of
Artillery Nesteruk, Maj.-Gen. of Artillery Tsikalo, Maj.-Gen. of
Artillery Breshnev, Maj.-Gen. of Artillery Gussev, Maj.-Gen. of
Artillery Ratov, Maj.-Gen. of Artillery Velikolepov, Maj.-Gen. of
Artillery Alexeyenko, Col. Fedorov, Col. Yeletsky, Col. Slepakov, Col.
Borissenko, Col. Pleshakov, Col. Chernov, Col. Prokhotov, Col.
Bulakhtik, Col. Leonov, Col. Lupanov, Lieut.Col. Zhkutsky, Maj. Voronov
and Maj. Glebov; Tankmen commanded by Col.-Gen. of Tank Troops
Kravchenko, Lieut.-Gen. of Tank Troops Volkov, Lieut.-Gen. Russyanov,
Lieut.-Gen. Sviridov, Lieut.-Gen. of Tank Troops Akhmanov, Maj.-Gen. of
Tank Troops Pavelkin, Maj.-Gen. of Tank Troops Stromberg, Maj.-Gen. of
Tank Troops Savelyev, Maj.-Gen. Govorunenko, Col. Tyaglov, Col.
Budnikov, Col. Rumyantsev, Col. Obdalenkov, Col. Ivanov, Col. Sakharov,
Lieut.-Col. Savelyev and Lieut.-Col. Siman; Airmen commanded by
Col.-Gen. of Aviation Sudets, Col.-Gen. of Aviation Goryunov,
Lieut.-Gen. of Aviation Zlatotsvetov, Lieut.Gen. of Aviation Tolstikov,
Lieut.-Gen. of Aviation Seleznev, Lieut.-Gen. of Aviation Stepichev,
Lieut.-Gen. of Aviation Podgorny, Maj.-Gen. of Aviation Korsakov,
Maj.-Gen. of Aviation Belitsky, Maj.-Gen. of Aviation Tishchenko,
Maj.-Gen. of Aviation Kamanin, Col. Nedosekin, Col. Dementyev, Col.
Smirnov, Col. Ivanov, Col. Terekhov and Lieut.-Col. Shatilin; Sappers
commanded by Col.-Gen. of Engineering Troops Kotlyar, Col. Malov, Col.
Vodovatov, Col. Fadeyev, Col. Pavlov, Col. Zgrebin, Col. Baburin, Col.
Nominas, Lieut.-Col. Korneyev, Lieut.-Col. Matuzas and Lieut.-Col.
Galukovich; Signallers commanded by Lieut.-Gen. of Signals Troops
Korolev, Maj.-Gen. of Aviation Morozov, Col. Shervud, Col. Kotkov, Col.
Yegorov and Lieut.-Col. Sukhikh.
To commemorate the victory, the units and formations which particularly
distinguished themselves in the fighting for the capture of the city of
Vienna will be recommended for conferment of the name “Vienna” and
award of Orders.
To-day, April 13, at 21.00 hours (Moscow time), the capital of our
Motherland, Moscow, in the name of the Motherland, will salute with 24
artillery salvoes from 324 guns the gallant troops of the 3rd Ukrainian
Front which captured the city of Vienna.
For excellent military operations I express my thanks to all the troops
under your command which took part in the fighting for the liberation
of Vienna.
Eternal glory to the heroes who fell in the fighting for the freedom and independence of our Motherland!
Death to the German invaders!
J. Stalin
Supreme Commander-in-Chief
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Moscow
("Soviet War Speeches, etc." p. 124)
Order of the Day, No. 335, April 13, 1945
Addressed to the Commander of the troops of the
2nd Ukranian Front, Marshal Malinovsky, and the Chief of Staff of the
Front, Col.-Gen. Zakharov
On April 13, troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front, continuing their
offensive,captured on Czechoslovak territory the town of Hodonin, an
important road junction and powerful German defence strongpoint on the
western banks of the Morava river.
The Order mentions 37 commanders of troops, cavalrymen, artillerymen,
tankmen, airmen, sappers and signallers whose units and formations
distinguished themselves.
A salute of 12 salvoes was fired from 124 Moscow guns.
("Soviet War News Weekly," No.170)
Order of the Day, No. 336, April 15, 1945
Addressed to the Commander of the troops of the
3rd Ukranian Front, Marshal Tolbukhin, and the Chief of Staff of the
Front, Lt. -Gen. Ivanov.
Troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front,continuing their offensive, on April
15 captured on Austrian territory the town of St. Poelten, an important
road junction and powerful German defence str-ongpoint on the River
Traisen.
The Order mentions 37 commanders of troops, artillerymen, tankmen,
airmen, sappers and signallers whose units and formations distinguished
themselves.
A salute of 12 salvoes was fired from 124 Moscow guns.
("Soviet War News Weekly," No.170)
Order of the Day, No. 337, April 15, 1945
Addressed to the Commander of the troops of the
2nd Ukranian Front, Marshal Malinovsky, and the Chief of Staff of the
Front, Col.-Gen. Zakharov.
Troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front, with the collaboration of troops of
tfre 3rd’ Ukrainian Front, have surrounded and routed a grouping of
German troops which attempted to retreat from Vienna to the north,and
have captured the towns of Korneuberg and Florisdorf - powerful German
defence strongholds on the left bank of the Danube.
In the fighting, troops of the Front took prisoner more than 3,000
German officers and men, and also captured large quantities of arms and
other war material.
The Order mentions 42 commanders of troops, ships and units of the Red
Banner Danube Flotilla, artillerymen, tankmen, airmen, sappers and
signallers whose units and formations distinguished themselves.
A salute of 20 salvoes was fired from 224 Moscow guns.
("Soviet War News Weekly," No.170)
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